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How popular is the baby name Sameika in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, see baby names similar to Sameika and check out all the blog posts that mention the name Sameika.

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Popularity of the Baby Name Sameika

Number of Babies Named Sameika

Posts that Mention the Name Sameika

(Welcome to mystery week! This is the first of 5 posts featuring baby names that saw sudden popularity increases that I can’t quite figure out. Maybe you guys can help?)

In 1980, over 100 baby girls were suddenly given the name Sumiko (or some variant thereof):

Name

1979

1980

1981

1982

Sumiko

5

31

7

5

Semiko**

–

23

8

–

Samika

7

22

20

14

Sameka

12

21

12

9

Sumeka**

–

14

–

–

Sumika**

–

11

–

–

Semeka

–

8

7

6

Sameko**

–

7

–

–

Samica

–

7

–

–

Semico**

–

7

–

–

Simeko**

–

7

–

–

Sumeko**

–

7

–

–

Semeko**

–

6

–

–

Semika

–

6

7

7

Sameika**

–

5

–

–

**Debuted on the SSA’s baby name list in 1980.

What prompted the Sumiko spike? I’m not sure.

The various spellings suggest that people were hearing the name, but not seeing it written down (as with Kasara and Deirdre). So the source is likely to be a song, a movie, or a TV show.

The only possibility I’ve come up with so far is a minor character from The Young and The Restless named Sumiko. According to various soap opera websites, Sumiko was a cult leader (!) who began appearing on the show in early 1980.